From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 4, Round 7 - Literature - Italian Literature   
   >   
   > 2. Who is the philosopher, semiotician, and cultural critic who   
   >    wrote the 1980 novel "The Name of the Rose", followed in 1988 by   
   >    "Foucault's ['Foo-koze'] Pendulum"?   
      
   Umberto Eco   
      
   > 9. The interplay of "vertu" (meaning individual initiative) and   
   >    chance was one of the themes in the works of this Florentine.   
   >    He published, among other works, a 7-volume "The Art of War"   
   >    in 1521, but a little squib he dashed off in 1513 was enough   
   >    to immortalize him.   
      
   Macchiavelli   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 8 - Sports - Obscure Rules   
   >   
   > 5. In a FIFA soccer match, how long may the goalie hold the ball   
   >    before putting it back into play?   
      
   More or less forever, it seems. At least if they bounce it every one   
   in a while.   
      
   It's not uncommon to see a goal keeper to get a yellow card when delaying   
   the shoot-in after the ball has gone out. But I can't recall ever seeing   
   a keep getting card for being slow with putting a ball in play.   
      
   > 6. In golf, a player who turns in a scorecard claiming less strokes   
   >    than were actually taken is disqualified.  When happens if the   
   >    scorecard claims more strokes than were actually taken?   
      
   The scorecard wins.   
      
   > 7. Where is the farthest from his net that an NHL goalie is allowed   
   >    to play the puck?  (In terms of ice markings, not distance.)   
      
   The nearest blue line.   
      
   > 9. If your tennis opponent's hat distracts you by flying off during   
   >    play, you may either play the ball or else ask the referee   
   >    for what?   
      
   The ball to be replayed.   
      
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